LAGII Frequently Asked Questions

By: XoXus <xoxus@usa.net>
Last updated: 30 May 1999
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Contents:

1. What does LAGII stand for?
2. What is AGI?
3. It compiled okay, but where'd the binary go?
4. What AGI games can I play?
5. What state is it at?
6. What kind of weird stuff happens?
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1. What does LAGII stand for?

It stands for "Linux AGI Interpreter". If you expanded it fully, however,
you'd get "Linux Adventure Game Interpreter Interpreter", which is very
naughty of me to do. All correspondence on this matter will be redirected
to /dev/null.
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2. What is AGI?

AGI stands for "Adventure Game Interpreter". It was invented by Sierra in
the 1980's, and used by them to create many adventure games, including the
Kings Quest series (1-4).
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3. It compiled okay, but where'd the binary go?

The 'lagii' binary is created in the 'src' directory. You can symlink it
to somewhere else in your path to make life easier for yourself by
(Assuming that /usr/bin is in your path, and you expanded the archive into
the /usr/local/src directory):

	ln -s /usr/bin/lagii /usr/local/src/LAGII-0.1.5/src/lagii
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4. What AGI games can I play?

At the moment, the following games are recognised:

Title			Version		AGI Version
=====			=======		===========
Space Quest 1		2.2		2.917
Space Quest 2		2.0F		2.936

Police Quest 1		2.0G		2.917

Kings Quest 1		2.0F		2.917
Kings Quest 2		2.2		2.917
Kings Quest 3		1.01		2.272

Manhunter 2		3.0?		3.002.149

Black Cauldron		2.00		2.439
Leisure Suit Larry 1	1.00		2.440
Mixed Up Mother Goose	?.??		2.915

AGI Xmas		?.??		2.272
Demo Pack 1		1.0		2.915
Demo Pack 2		1.0		2.915
Demo Pack 3		1.0		2.917

Acidopolis		?.??		2.917
Ruby Cast		0.2		2.936

NOTE:
	None of the version 3 games work AT ALL! (My LZW code is screwed)
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5. What state is it at?

LAGII is still under heavy development. AGI v3 support is practically
non-existant, but the AGI v2 code works quite well. Inventory support is
limited, with no opportunity to select items. Menu support is pretty good.
Text input is still not quite right. Doors open and shut at the
wrong times. Special input (e.g. Space Quest start) now works! Overall, it 
can still be pretty high on the Weird-Shitometer. (See Question 6)
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6. What kind of weird stuff happens?

(The Weird-Shitometer Rating is out of 5)

Weird Thing			Weird-Shitometer Rating
===========			=======================
] You can slide around while		!!
  crouched (KQ1)
] MUMG barely works			!!!
] The wave doesn't go away (KQ2)	!!!!
] You get killed about 10 seconds	!!!!!
  into the game (KQ3)
] Don't open the chickens gate! (KQ3)	!!!
] The quiz at the start of LSL1		!!
  is screwy (Alt-X through it)
] The pimp moonwalks to the TV (LSL1)	!!
] Sariens moonwalk everywhere (SQ1)	!!!
] Typing in name, says			!!!!!
  "I don't understand <name>" (SQ1/2)
] You get stuck in the elevator (SQ1)	!!
] You can't leave airlock room (SQ2)	!!
] Entering the hangar kills you (SQ1)	!!!
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